Parable of the Evil Farmers

Meditations of the Gospel of Mark

 September 25, 2020

Parable of the Evil Farmers

 The religious leaders wanted to arrest Jesus because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Mark 12:12

Read: Mark 12: 1-12

 In Isaiah chapter 5, Israel is presented as a vineyard planted by God. Instead of producing good fruit the vineyard produces only wild grapes. In his parable of the evil farmers, everybody present knew Jesus was talking about the rebellious nature of Israel and the judgment of God against Israel’s sins.

Those present probably recognized John the Baptist as one of the servants killed by the evil farmers. I doubt they recognized Jesus as the vineyard owner’s son who was killed. But in just a week they would.

Jesus ended his parable noting the vineyard owner leases his vineyard to others and with joy proclaims, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ (Psalm 118)

My Takeaway:  Who are the others who now tend the vineyard? We are! And as our Lord and Savior is our cornerstone, let us be faithful and fruitful as we care for our Master’s vineyard.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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